A talk by Dr Anna Groundwater, National Museum of Scotland was held on 14th March 2024 at the Holy Trinity…Continue readingSociety Talks: Getting away from it all – Marie de Guise’s Town House, Blyth’s Close, Edinburgh
Category: Previous Talks and Outings
The following showcases the range of talks that members have enjoyed over the half decade or so. Also, you can view here brief reports of previous members outings that are held, generally, each year.
A talk by, Ian Brown, Curator at the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune, was held on 15th February…Continue readingSociety Talks: Radar and the Air Defence System in Scotland
A talk by local historian, Ailsa Fortune, was held on 18th January 2024 at the Holy Trinity Church, Church Road, Haddington.…Continue readingSociety Talks: Mary Wyndham, Countess of Wemyss – A Tale from Gosford
At the Members night on Thursday 7 December at 7.30pm three Committee Members gave brief talks on four forgotten Haddingtonians.…Continue readingSociety Talks: Members night – Four Forgotten Haddingtonians
A talk by Jonathan Cobb, Historian and Author on the Republican Era in British History was held on 16th November 2023…Continue readingSociety Talks: The Republican Era in British History
A talk by Dr Amy Hayes on Mary of Guelders, (Queen of James II) and her connections to the Trinity…Continue readingSociety Talks: Mary of Guelders, (Queen of James II) and her connections to the Trinity Church in Edinburgh
Presented by Ailsa Fortune September 2023 – At a significant time in the saga of the ‘Elgin’ marbles when the…Continue readingThe Parthenon Marbles and the Local Connection: Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin
Presented by Dr Amy Blakeway. Amy is a Senior Lecturer in Scottish History at the University of St Andrews. She…Continue readingLieutenants and Loyalty: How did Mary, Queen of Scots rule Scotland from an English prison?
by Victoria Brown (Education Manager, National Mining Museum, Newtongrange) – 16 March 2023 Victoria began by outlining the huge scale…Continue readingA Mine of Information: Coal Mining in East Lothian
By Dr Hanita Ritchie, Local History Officer East Lothian Council Library Service Throughout history, women from all corners of the…Continue readingThe Remarkable Women of East Lothian: A History in Pictures
20 January 2023 Steven Kerr, Librarian of RCSEd, gave us an enthusiastic and lively discourse on the history of the…Continue readingA Seal of Cause: The History and the People of the Royal College of Surgeons
David Raw spoke on how politics in East Lothian changed in the early 20th century. Continue readingEast Lothian Politics 100yrs ago: A Time of Change